…and make them pay for the wall, right?
To be fair, Perry was having fun with Trump’s tough guy persona. Calling for a pull up contest wasn’t bad, humor-wise.
Or even better, -severing.
Gah, even I cringed.
I actually think that there’s a non-trivial portion of the base that will vote based on things like this.
In their minds, physical prowess = machismo and machismo = a kickass, take no prisoners, Putin-like President.
I’m trying to understand what this would be.
Is it a contest to determine which one can sever himself… what?.. fastest… cleanest… closest…?
Or maybe they’re attacking each other with steak knifes?
Sorry. With his general foolishness, seeing anything other than “Perry tries Trumping Trump because…'Murrica!!” isn’t going to happen much.
Just a coupla maroons.
Dull steak knives.
Why would anybody want it over quickly?
Have you tried this yourself? Because I can do about seven pullups when I use both arms, but I can only get one when I do this “one hand grab the bar and the other hand grab the wrist” bit. Or actually, I should say I used to get one. Now I can only get about 3/4 of the way up. I certainly find it a good deal harder than a normal pullup.
The method you describe is the only way I’ve ever seen “one-armed pull ups” performed.
No, they should get all of the candidates together in a ‘circle jerk’ in front of a screen showing a Muslim being tortured. Whoever cums the farthest wins.
You’re probably right that it is a bit harder than a normal pullup. Back when Perry did that, I was doing pullups as part of my normal workout. Back then I tried the wrist pullup and it didn’t seem too much different than a normal pullup. But now I tried and it is harder than a normal one, but it’s still much, much easier than a true one arm pullup. With just one arm, I can barely even lift an inch.
Now I want Marc Summers to moderate a GOP debate with Double Dare style rules. If a candidate doesn’t like their question, they can dare another to answer instead. That candidate can double dare back to the original guy, who then can avoid answering by performing a physical challenge.
Trump looks pretty buff in this photo.
It would be like a Penn and Teller Fool Me episode. The winner, and most presidential, would be the trickiest dick.
Every time I read a thread like this, I mourn the much-too-early death of Molly Ivins. I would dearly love to be reading her columns right now about this zoo parade.
FWIW, she hung the nickname “Goodhair” Perry when he was still Governor of Texas, so maybe’s he’s just jealous of Trumps’ toupee…
For those who do not remember her, here’s a couple of quotes:
I apologize for the moderate derail, but damn, Molly would have loved this.
Agreed, and given the stupidity of just about everything Trump blathers, there’s no reason anybody should even by trying to answer Trump seriously. Trump’s stupidity is utterly worthy of this kind of response from Perry or anybody else. Perry’s on the right track here.
(Hey, when comparing idiot to idiot, one has no choice but to come down on the side of the lesser idiot.)
Never having encountered Ms Ivins before, I for one apreciatted the hijack. Glad I didn’t read it at work, I’m sure giggling that much at work isn’t considered serious.
I would pay money to see this go down at the first debate. In fact, don’t even have a debate, they can set up a literal macho-off contest instead. Just bring out a pull up bar, some dumbells, a couple of javelins, and a little track. Have all 10 candidates run the gauntlet and whoever gets the best score is declared winner of the first debate. Bonus if the last finishers are relegated off the stage in the 2nd debate and the candidates who didn’t make it to the first are chosen to replace them
You think we can get some of these candidates to ride shirtless on horseback to go one-on-one with an angry bear (ursine, not two-legged)?
I’ll sell the popcorn and nachos. Also beer.